• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
  ICPSR is the closest thing we have to a national data archive, though it contains international data as well. If you are looking for social or political data, it should be your first stop. It also contains some historical and economic data as well.
  If you haven't used ICPSR before, I recommend beginning with the Data Use Tutorial.
  
  
• American Factfinder
  Easy access to data from the U.S. Census Bureau, including the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey.
  
  
• Economic Data
  Compiled by Susan Widmer, Economics Librarian, Central Library.
  
  
• Education Data
  Compiled by the Peabody Library.
  
  
• Government Statistics
  Compiled by Government Information, Central Library
  
  
• Healthcare Datasets
  Compiled by the Walker Management Library
  
  
• Social Data
  Compiled by the Data Services Librarian.
  
  

Using Data Responsibly

• Citing Electronic Data Files
  A helpful guide from ICPSR.
  
  
• ICPSR's Confidentiality Procedures
  
  
• Vanderbilt's Institutional Review Board